9780687096718-0687096715-And You Welcomed Me: A Sourcebook on Hospitality in Early Christianity

And You Welcomed Me: A Sourcebook on Hospitality in Early Christianity

ISBN-13: 9780687096718
ISBN-10: 0687096715
Author: Amy G. Oden
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Format: Paperback 316 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780687096718
ISBN-10: 0687096715
Author: Amy G. Oden
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Format: Paperback 316 pages

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And You Welcomed Me: A Sourcebook on Hospitality in Early Christianity (ISBN-13: 9780687096718 and ISBN-10: 0687096715), written by authors Amy G. Oden, was published by Abingdon Press in 2001. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Churches & Church Leadership (History, Christian Books & Bibles, History, Religious Studies, Theology) books. You can easily purchase or rent And You Welcomed Me: A Sourcebook on Hospitality in Early Christianity (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Churches & Church Leadership books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.91.

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This volume provides an anthology of about 40 primary source documents that describe the work of religious communities that took care of pilgrims and the sick in the late antique and early medieval world. The project identifies letters, diary accounts, instructions, sermons, travelogues, and community records and rules that give us a window into a world of early communities that saw it as their duty and their privilege to care for the sick, to safeguard the pilgrim, and to host the stranger. Each document is placed in historical, geographical, and social context as it contributes to an emerging picture of these communities. The volume addresses the motivations and practices of communities that risked extending hospitality. Why did these communities take great risks for the socially vulnerable? What stake did they have in pilgrims and the sick? What communal experiences supported and sustained both the communities and their audiences? How was hospitality cultivated?

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